Soap-grip



APPLICAT A TTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERLIN MANLEY APPLEGATE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO IRVING WARNER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SOAP-GRIP,

Application filed October 25,1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERLIN M. APPLE- GATE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Soap-Grip, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to soap handles .or grips, and more particularly to an adjustable device which may be made to fit bars of soap varying in size.

An object of the invention is to provide a soap holder or handle grip for soap which engages a bar of soap and which the user may grasp while holding the soap and rubbing same on surfaces to be washed so as to gain a firmer grip on the soap to prevent same from slipping or sliding from the hand.

It is a particular object to provide a soap handle which is adjustable in size to fit various widths or lengths of soap bars. And it is a purpose to provide a device of this character which will be simple in construction, comparatively inexpensive to produce, and which is effective in use, and which will promote economy in the use of soap.

With the above objects in view and others, the invention has relation to the construction and arrangement of parts as set forth in the several appended claims, as described in the following specification, and portrayed in the attached drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a bar of soap with the soap handle attached.

Fig.2 shows a cross sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 shows a cross sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. A shows a perspective partial underneath view of the adjustable soap handle or grip removed from the bar of soap, and Fig. 5 shows a plan view of the development of one frame part comprising the soap grip. This Fig. 5 shows a development of one of the frame pieces before it is bent into shape and assembled with a companion frame piece to complete a soap grip.

A soap grip constructed in accordance with this invention comprises a pair of slidable frame pieces which have teeth. The device is applied to a bar of soap by pushing the frame pieces together until the teeth engage the soap bar, and in this manner the soap bar is provided with a non-slippery Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

Serial No. 333,178.

and clean handle free from soap and Water which may be readily held in the hand.

In presenting my invention in more detail, reference is had to the drawings wherein the parts are designated by reference characters. A pair of frame plates 7 comprises the soap grip; Each frame plate is turned down on the outer edge as shown at 8, and each outer edge is serrated or cut to provide teeth 9. The teeth are turned inwardly to lie normally parallel the frame plate 7.

On the end of each frame plate an extension ear 10 is left which is bent over to engage the end edge of the adjacent frame plate. The ear 10 is formed on each frame plate 7 at the outer corners thereof, and when the frame plates are assembled and the cars 10 turned or bent around the adjacent frame plate there is effected a Sliding relation between the two frame plates with the ears functioning as stops when the plates are. moved outward in limited'position.

In Fig. 5 is shown a plan development of one frame plate prior to being bent into shape. The rectangular plate 7 is shown with the ears 10 and with the edge 8 bounded by the dotted line, and with the teeth 9' formed on the outer edge 8; Two of these pieces are used in constructing a soap grip,

and each piece is a duplicate of the other. This makes for economy and simplicity in manufacturing the device.

It is applicable to practically any form and size of soap bar. The device is slipped dereneath side thereof and then the frame plates are pushed together until the teeth 9 are embedded in thesoap. The use of this ping from the hands or soiling the hands.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A non-slip soap handle or grip comprising, a pair of cooperating relativelyslidable frame plates, teeth made on one edge of each frameplate to embed in a bar of soap, and ears made on each frame plate and bent over to form a guide to engage the other frame plate to hold the two aforesaid plates in relatively guided relation to permit the soap handle to be opened and closed on various sized soap bars.

BERLIN MANLEY APPLEGATE.

apart until the soap bar will fit on the un- 

